Isabeau Levito wins world junior figure skating title, ends U.S. women’s drought – OlympicTalk
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 17, 2022
Isabeau Levito completed a U.S. sweep of the world junior figure skating singles titles, becoming the first American woman to win a world senior or junior title in 14 years.
Levito, 15, tallied 206.55 points between two programs in Tallinn, Estonia, prevailing by .54 over South Korean Shin Jia. American Lindsay Thorngren earned bronze.
Levito, with seven triple jumps in a clean free skate, became the first U.S. woman to win a global title — junior or senior — since Rachael Flatt‘s junior crown in . . .
